Usworth Colliery

Research Notes

• Strathmore Estate (Estate and Family Records)
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/37 — John Daglish: Reports addressed to John Daglish on the workings of Usworth and Hylton collieries, 3 February 1876 - 16 January 1894
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/41 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), memoranda, plan and related papers concerning the East Hylton lease to Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd. and the alteration of barriers between East Hylton and Usworth collieries, August 1896 - September 1

• Enginemen's, Boiler-Minders and Firemen's Association
• Ref: D/EBF 99 — Corresponence with various parties concerning winding disputes at Usworth and Washington Collieries, 11 May 1911-15 March 1914

• National Coal Board — 1st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 01/X 121 — Usworth Colliery: Minutes of meetings with workmen's deputations, 1913-1915
• Ref: NCB 01/X 122 — Usworth Colliery: Minutes of meetings with workmen's deputations, 1915-1917
• Ref: NCB 01/X 123 — Usworth Colliery: Minutes of meetings with workmen's deputations, 1917-1918
• Ref: NCB 01/X 124 — Usworth Colliery: Minutes of meetings with workmen's deputations, 1920-1936
• Ref: NCB 01/X 125 — Usworth Colliery: Minutes of meetings with workmen's deputations, 1934-1948
• Ref: NCB 01/X 126 — Usworth Colliery: Agreements between owners and workmen, and awards, 1886-1908, and infolded, 1930-1947
• Ref: NCB 01/X 127 — Usworth Colliery: Agreements and awards, 1910-1927, and infolded, 1930-1932

• National Coal Board — 5th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 5/6 — Plan of survey showing the relative positions of. the principal drifts in the Boldon, Wardley and Usworth Collieries, with portions of the surface boundaries, not dated [1883f.] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

• National Coal Board — 6th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 6/67 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Associated Architects (Correspondence), 1947-1950
• Ref: NCB 6/68,69 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Canteen, 1942-1950
• Ref: NCB 6/70 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Medical Treatment Centre, 1947
• Ref: NCB 6/71 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Organisation, 1961-1962
• Ref: NCB 6/72,73 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths Parts I and II, 1928-1952
• Ref: NCB 6/74 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Accounts), 1940-1951
• Ref: NCB 6/75 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Allocations and Payments), 1945
• Ref: NCB 6/76 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (General), 1945-1948
• Ref: NCB 6/77 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Insurance), 1940-1951
• Ref: NCB 6/78 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Legal), 1938-1952
• Ref: NCB 6/79 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Steelwork), 1940
• Ref: NCB 6/80 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Terrazzo Cubicles), 1945
• Ref: NCB 6/81 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (Ventilation Fans), 1939-1940
• Ref: NCB 6/82 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Pithead Baths (War Damage), 1941-1945
• Ref: NCB 6/83,84 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Recreation Ground, 1924-1952
• Ref: NCB 6/85 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Reports by Headquarters Staff, 1940-1947
• Ref: NCB 6/86 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Invitations to Tender, 1939-1945
• Ref: NCB 6/87-89 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Selected Contractors and subsequent correspondence, 1940-1948
• Ref: NCB 6/90-96 — Miners Welfare Committee, Usworth Colliery - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1947-1949, 1951-1958

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 24/88 — Public Relations Office Files - Usworth colliery, 1 October 1962 - 26 September 1976
• Ref: NCB 24/89 — Public Relations Office Files - Usworth colliery (press-cuttings), 10 March 1961 - 28 June 1977
• Ref: NCB 24/117 — Public Relations Office Files - Historical and statistical information for specific collieries: Adventure, Bearpark, Blackhall, Boldon, Dawdon, Dean and Chapter, Easington, Eppleton, Garesfield, Harraton, Hawthorn Combined (Murton, Eppleton, Elemore), Herrington, Horden, Houghton, Hylton, Kibblesworth, Kimblesworth, Langley Park, Murton, Sacriston, Seaham, Sherburn, Silksworth, South Hetton, Tudhoe Park, Ushaw Moor, Vane Tempest, Wardley/Usworth, Washington 'F', Washington Glebe, Wearmouth, Wheatley Hill and for groups of collieries (including Northumberland), (c.1950 - c.1980)

• National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 30/1 — Signing-on sheets, Usworth Colliery, November 1964 - June 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 30/2 — Termination register, Usworth Colliery, September 1972 - November 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 30/3 — Leavers, Usworth Colliery, November 1964 - September 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/7 — Transfer, Boldon Unit to Usworth, December 1947 - February 1948

• National Coal Board — 31st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 85/14 — Agreement between County of Durham's Electric Supply Company and Washington Coal Company Limited, and Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Limited, covering the supply of energy to Washington Glebe and Usworth Pits, December 1930. (includes Supplemental agreement between North East Electricity Board and N.C.B. covering supply of energy to Monkton pumping shaft, July 1948)
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 112/1 — Reconstruction, Wardley and Usworth Collieries, 1950

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/12 — Colliery specification, Usworth Colliery, 1954

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: 707 — Horse fodder issues, 1954-1963
• Ref: DX142/1 — Report & valuation, 1946
• Ref: G.URA/1/45 — Photographs, c1970